leadership Flashcards
what is leadership
-play an important role in influencing groups and individuals and setting goals
- includes team captains, coaches, managers
what are the different leadership characteristics
emergent leaders
prescribed leaders
what is an emergent leader
come from within a group because of their skill and abilities through selection
what is a prescribed leader
appointed by a governing body or agency outside of the group
different characteristics of effective leaders
organised
empathetic
engaging
confident
forgiving
fearless
fair
consistent
firm
patient
communicative
what is the chelladurai continuum
3 types of leaders
what are the three types of leaders in the chelladurai continuum
autocratic authoritsrian
democratic
laissez-faire
what is autocratic leadership in the chelladurai continuum
leader who makes all decisions
what is democratic leadership in chelldurai continuum
share decisions, take advice
what is laissez-faire leadership in chelldurai continuum
leader who lets others make decisions and is prepared to go along
what are the different theories of leadership
nature-great man theory
nurture- social learning theory
what is the great man theory
leaders are born not made, have relevant innate personality qualities
characteristics of great man theory
pleasant
ring order to chaos
born with right traits
pick a suitable hero class
what is the social learning theory
learn skills by watching and imitating other people
formed throughout life by social or environmental influences
starts by observations, then imitation or copying behaviours
what is fielders contingency theory
states there is a continuum between task centred leadership, best for the most or least favourable situations
person entered leadership, best for moderately favourable situations
what are the factors affecting leader effectiveness
leader characteristics
the situation
members characteristics
what is chelladurais multidimensional model
links between the leader, situation and the members
all these factors will be affected- the eventual performance
what is training and instruction behaviour
aimed ar impmroving performance, strong on technical and tactical aspects
what is democratic behaviour
allows decisions to be made collectively
what is rewards behaviour
reinforcement used to gain the authrotiy of leadership
what is autocratic behaviour
leader uses their personal authority least preferred if the leader doesn’t show they are aware of performers needs
what is social support behaviour
shown for well-bring of others
